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001 2014025570
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008 141114s2014 nyub b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781137483867 (hardback)
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050 00 $aJV6455$b.W527 2014
082 00 $a305.9/069120973$223
084 $aHIS036060$aHIS037070$aHIS038000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aWhat's New about the new Immigration to the U.S.? :$btraditions and transformations in the United States since 1965 /$cedited by Marilyn Halter, Marilynn S. Johnson, Katheryn P. Viens, and Conrad Edick Wright.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2014.
300 $ax, 306 pages :$bmaps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. Whereas the previous system (itself based on the Immigration Act of 1924) limited newcomers and gave priority to applicants from northwestern Europe, the 1965 measure eliminated national quotas and took into account education, jobs, and professional. As a result, the national and ethnic profile of immigrants to the U.S. changed dramatically, including large numbers of arrivals from the Caribbean, Central America, South America, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings together scholars from varied disciplines to probe this subject, considering what is genuinely new about post-1965 immigration (both documented and undocumented), and what continuities have persisted. The result is a rich and nuanced portrait of American society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, one that has been defined not simply by the fortunes of postwar liberalism, but also by the fall of the Soviet Union and the War on Terrorism"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction: Marilyn Halter and Christopher Capozzola -- PART I: THE CITY -- 1. 'The Metropolitan Diaspora: New Immigrants in Greater Boston; Marilynn S. Johnson -- 2. Racializing Latinos in the Nuevo South: Immigrants, Legal Status, and the State in Atlanta; Mary Odem and Irene Browne -- 3. The Politics of Place in Immigrant and Receiving Communities; Domenic Vitiello -- PART II: SELF -- 4. 'Intergenerational Relations in Immigrant Families: Comparisons across Time and Space; Nancy Foner -- 5. Bosnians in Search of Community: Keeping Faith and Ethnicity Alive in Boston; Kristen Lucken -- 6. The Ties that Bind: Kinship, Religion, and Community among Nigerian Immigrants in the U.S.; Veronica McComb -- PART III: SOCIETY -- 7. 'Engaging the Public Sphere: The Civic and Political Incorporation of Post-1965 Indian Immigrants; Caroline Brettell -- 8. Chinese American Participation in Transnational Activities and U.S.-China Relations; Xiao-huang Yin -- 9. U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: Balancing Humanitarian Obligations and Security Concerns; Maria Cristina Garci;a -- 10. Immigration Politics, Service Labor, and the Problem of the Undocumented Worker in Southern California; Thomas Jessen Adams.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory
651 0 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aEthnic groups$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies).$2bisacsh
700 1 $aHalter, Marilyn.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/867/9781137483867/image/lgcover.9781137483867.jpg